Combined shade-roller and curtain bracket.



TRAGETHON.

COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

AFPL'CATloN FILED MAR- 21. |917. Y l ,278,260. Patented Sept. l0, 1918.

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KNVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY ARNE S. TRAGETHON, OF KENSETT, IOWA,

I y COMBINED SHADE-ROLLER AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

1,278,260, specification of Letters Patent. patented Sept, 1o, 191s,

Application filed March 27, 191'?.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARNE S. TRAGETHON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kensett, in the county of Worth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade- Roller and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined shade roller and curtain brackets.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, cheap and eiiicient device of this character which may be readily applied and adjusted to t windows of different widths.

Another object is to provide a combination bracket of this character formed as a unitary structure struck out from a single piece of sheet metal.

Broadly the invention consists of a stationary guide in the form of supporting staples secured to the upper edge of the window frame and extending longitudinally thereof and on the cross bar of each of which a combination lbracket is adapted to slide and be adjustably held in position to accommodate curtains and shades of different widths and to adapt them for use on window frames of different widths.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l represents a perspective view showing the practical application of the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bracket constructed in accordance with this invention, detached.

It will of course be understood that these combination brackets are made in pairs so that the fixture can be used in connection with the ordinary construction of spring roller now in common use.

The bracket constituting this invention comprises a substantially rectangular U- shaped member l, the arms or legs 2 and 3 of which extend parallel with each other and are made of different lengths, the short Serial No. 157,791.

arm 3 being designed to be disposed at the outer side of the bracket and having its free end bent to form a curtain pole receiving seat 4, the terminal being deflected to facilitate the insertion of the pole and bent slightly inward at the base of said deflected portion to adapt it to fit over the upper edge of the pole to hold it against accidental removal. The terminal of the long arm 2 is also bent inwardly to form a socket 5 to receive the round pintle at one end of the ordinary shade roller, the corresponding arm on the other bracket being bent to dispose the two members in parallel relation to receive the fiat pintle of the curtain shade roller, otherwise, the two brackets are exactly alike.

The arms 2 and 3 are bent intermediately of their ends at` right angles to their body portions, the bend in one arm being arranged in transverse alinement with that'of the other to adapt the bracket to rest on the top edge of a window frame F, this bend in these arms disposing the seat and socket carrying portions at right angles to their connected upper or inner ends as is shown clearly in the drawings. This bend in these arms may be positioned at any desired point according to the Width of the window frame to which the bracket is to be applied and the distance from the front face thereof it is desired to position the depending portions of the arms.

The cross bar 6 of each bracket is rolled to form a rod engaging pocket or bearing 7 and which is designed to be slidably mounted on the cross bar of a substantially rectangular staple 8 carried by the upper edge of the window frame F, said staple having its right-angularly vdisposed ends or legs 9 driven into the upper edge of the frame F to space the cross bar thereof a suitable distance from said frame to permit the bracket to slide thereon longitudinally, and thereby provide for the adjustment of said brackets toward and away from each other.

After the brackets have been adjusted on the cross bars of the staples 8, they are held in adjusted position by driving the arms 9 of the staples farther into the frame whereby these brackets are bindingly held between the cross bars and the frame. It will thus be seen that these brackets while being very simple in construction and cheap to manufacture, being adapted to be struck out from' plates of heavy sheet metal, may be readily applied and adjusted to lit any length-bfcurtain pole or shade rollerfandr-to r-t any Width of Window frame.

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